PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
The Expositor's Greek Testament — Volume 5
Nicoll, W. Robertson (editor), 1851-1923 · 315,635 words · 520 reading sections
Αποκαλυψις Ιωαννου 361
το---23. δούλους πορνεῦσαι καὶ Φαγεῖν εἰδωλόθυτα. , o ιο - , χρόνον ἵνα µετανοήσῃ, Skat ob θέλει µετανοῆσαι ἐκ τῆς πορνείας αὐτῆς. A 3 A ” Re μετ’ αὐτῆς eis θλίψιν peyddny, ἐὰν μὴ µετανοήσουσιν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων gi. αὐτῆς, 23. γνώσονται πᾶσαι αἱ ἐκκλησίαι ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι “6 ἐραυνῶν 1 " νεφροὺς iMal. iii. 5, cf. Isa. I…
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362 η ‘ a =~ ο Ps. vii.9, καὶ καρδίας: καὶ δώσω ὑμῖν ἑκάστω κατὰ τὰ ἔργα ὑμῶν. XXVI. 2, etc. p Ps. Ixii. £3, cf. Apoc. xx. 12, Xxii. 12,2Clem. Xviil. 4, etc. Fresh clause, indep. of ὅτι, begins here. ances, €.g., connexion with the church, prophetic zeal, and plausible excuses. As in Jer. xvii. 10, xx. 12…
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24. Ὑμῖν δὲ λέγω τοῖς λοιποῖς τοῖς ἐν Θυατείροις, ὅσοι οὐκ ἔχουσι τὴν διδαχὴν ταύτην, οἵτινες οὐκ ἔγνωσαν τὰ Ίβαθέα τοῦ Σατανᾶ, ὡς λέγουσιν, "Od βάλλω ef ὑμᾶς ἄλλο βάρος: 25. πλὴν ὃ ἔχετε q 1 Cor. ii. ro. r Cf. 1 John ν. 3. the immature orthodox called immorality. Devil-study, or even devil-worship (xiii. 4 is q…
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κρατήσατε, " ἄχρι οὗ ἂν ἥέω. / ” - A A τέλους τὰ ἔργα µου, δώσω "' αὐτῷ ἐξουσίαν ἐπὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν. 27. καὶ ποιμανεῖ αὐτοὺς ἐν " ῥάβδῳ σιδηρᾶ, , 3,’ lol ΄ "συντρίβεται, “as κἀγὼ εἴληφα παρὰ τοῦ πατρός µου: 28. καὶ , - oe δώσω αὐτῷ τὸν ἀστέρα τὸν πρωϊνόν. , - - , τί τὸ Πνεῦμα λέγει ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις. Jo 26. Καὶ 6 ν…
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CuapTer II].—Vv. 1-6. The message to Sardis. The title of the speaker (drawn from i. 4, 16, 20), as general as ns 364 Ill. aHerod. Τάδε λέγει 6 ἔχων τὰ ἑπτὰ πνεύματα τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τοὺς ἑπτὰ vil, 138 3 ; + ο αν ¢ ax >” Εὶ ~ ae) λ οὕνομα ἀστέρας" Οἶδα σοῦ τὰ έργα, ὅτι " ὄνομα ἔχεις ὅτι {ῆς, καὶ ” νεκρὸς εἶχε, ὡς ο…
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2—7. k 1 ὀνόματα ἐν Σάρδεσιν ἃ οὐκ , a5 A. 3 a m¢ ” Le περιπατήσουσι μετ’ ἐμοῦ ἐν λευκοῖς, ™ ὅτι ἄξιοί εἰσιν. o - ε ε , A Ν > N οὕτως περιβαλεῖται Ev ἵματίοις λευκοις: καὶ οὐ MH A A A iol ” ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς °BiBdou τῆς ζωῆς, καὶ ’ ὁμολογήσω τὸ ὄνομα ο). αὐτοῦ ) ἐνώπιον τοῦ πατρός pou καὶ ἐνώπιον τῶν ἀγγέλων …
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ἐμόλυναν τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν 365 A . και k xi. 13, see ς M on Acts 5. O νικῶν 15, εἰς, ΕΠ. Ixx. x , y ἐξαλείψω TO 1 Jude 23 (isa. lxiv mC/f.lgnat. ΦΥ. σα. ᾱ, Herm. Sim, viii n Cf. Jos. nt. vi. Ov. 1, xiii. 8 natural inference drawn in xiii. 8) for predestination, the belief in which formed then as alway…
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Ill. ς ει ων - / q Unly here Τάδε λέγει 6% ἅγιος ὁ ἀληθινός, ὁ ἔχων τὴν * κλεῖν τοῦ 'Δαυείδ, ὁ = Ghrist , (cf. Acts ἀνοίγων καὶ οὐδεὶς κλείσει καὶ κλείων καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀνοίγει: 8. iil. 14, iv. 27, 30, John vi. 6ο, etc.), in Apoc. Hendia- dys = 6 ἀληθῶς ἅγιος (Grot.)? ‘ Holy and true,” of God vi. το, cf. iv. 8.…
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8—10. a Ain , ἐτηβησάς µου τὸν λόγον, καὶ οὐκ ἠρνήσω τὸ ὄνομά µου. ν ral > “a a A a ο διδῶ ἐκ τῆς συναγωγῆς τοῦ " Σατανᾶ, τῶν λεγόντων 3 , A Ιουδαίους εἶναι, καὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν ἀλλὰ ψεύδονται" ἰδοὺ «ποιήσω > ‘ χο a A a“ lal αὐτοὺς “iva Ἠξουσι καὶ 7 προσκυνήσουσιν ἐνώπιον τῶν ToS@v σου, ‘ καὶ γνῶσιν 1 ὅτι ἐγὼ " ἠγά…
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Ver. 10. The position of pov shows that it belongs not to τὸν λόγον τῆς ὑπομονῆς as a whole, but to ὑπομονῆς (2 Thess. iii. 5). The precise sense ‘ therefore is not ‘‘my word about pati- ence” (i.e., my counsel of patience as the supreme virtue of these latter days, so Weiss, Bousset, etc.), but ‘‘the word, or …
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Ver. 12. The reward of steadfastness here is a stable relation to God and ab- solute (trebly verificd) assurance of cternal life, permanence ἐν τῷ va@ (verbally inconsistent with xxi. 22) τοῦ θεοῦ pov (four times in this verse). From Strabo (xii. 868 B, ἤ τε Φιλαδελφία .. . οὐδὲ τοὺς τοίχους ἔχει πιστούς, ἀλλὰ …
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~ 370 ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΜΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΠΠ. κ νο οὐρανοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ µου, καὶ τὸ “dvoud µου τὸ καινό. 13. Ὁ Ne oe. ἔχων ots ἀκουσάτω τί τὸ Πνεῦμα λέγει ταῖς ἐκκλησίαις. ee i ας Καὶ τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῆς ἐν Λαοδικίᾳ ἐκκλησίας γράψον, Τάδε ο μα ο. ὁ sale : "μάρτυς 6 πιστὸς καὶ " ἀληθινός, ° ἀρχὴ πας ene κτίσεως τοῦ θεοῦ" 15. Οἶδά σου τ…
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Ver. 15. The moral nausea roused by tepid religion. It is best to be warm, and energetic; but even a frank repudia- tion of religion is at least more promising from an ethical standpoint (Arist. Nzk. Eth. vii. 2-10) than a half-and-half attach- ment, complacently oblivious of any short- coming. The outsider may …
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Ver. 18. The counsel is conveyed in the 372 Col. ii. 3, ; ; ος : igs mh i iv.16. . γυμνότητός σου: καὶ ᾿κολλούριον " ἐγχρίσαι x Zech. xiii. , 9. For ἵνα Bdérys. constr. ii. II, Vili. II ᾿ = dative. y ΠΠ. 4, vii. 9, 14, xix. 14. z See on xvi. 15. iii. 11-12 = Heb. xii. 5-6, Ps. Sol. x. 2, 1 Cor. xi. 32. τοὺς ὀ…
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10---21. 373 \ 20. ᾿Ιδοὺ ἕστηκα ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν καὶ ἆ And not ?— then fate of Matt. XXVi. 64. e Constr. xiv. 13, XVi. I, XXi. 3; crying “ open” (apert), cf. John x. 3. f Gen. xxvi. 29-31, En. Ixii. 14-15. g Ver. 12, Suspended nom. (Abbott, Diat. 2421). Ἡ 1 Macc. x. 63, cf. Lk. xxii. 30, a reminiscence of Col.…
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Ver. 21. δώσω κ.τελ. Το share Christ’s royal power and judicial dignity is a reward proffered in the gospels, but Jesus there (cf. Mark x. 40) disclaimed this prerogative. God's throne is Christ's, as in xxii. I. vuk@v=the moral purity and sensitiveness (cf. 18 and on ii. 7) which succeeds in responding to the d…
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aS IV. 1. "ΜΕΤΑ ταῦτα "εἶδον, Kal ἰδοὺ θύρα ἠνεωγμένη ἐν τῶα vii. 1,9, οὐρανῷ, καὶ ἡ φΦωνὴ ἡ “πρώτη ἣν ἤκουσα ὡς σάλπιγγος 4 λαλούσης b xiv. 14, xix. 11, Zech. ν. 9. ci. 10. entangle them (or their nucleus). The special traits in the conception of Christ are mainly due to the fact that the writer is dealing here…
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CHAPTER IV.—Ver. 1. μετὰ . . . ἰδού introducing as usual in an independent clause (instead of a simple accus., Vit. ii. 376 La eCf.1 Kings μετ ἐμοῦ, A¢ywy,! “:᾿Ανάβα Ode, καὶ δείξω σοι ἃ δεῖ γενέσθαι per? Xxii. 1ο. f (Of local position =“stood’’) Jer. xxiv. I, Jo. xix. 29, etc. g Used in Apoc. with gen., …
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Ver. 2. <A fresh wave of ecstasy catches up the seer. εὐθέως . . πνεύµατι,. repeating i. το, not because the author had forgotten his previous statement, and still less because anew source begins here (Vischer), but simply because every successive phase of this Spirit-conscious- ness, every new access of ecstasy…
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377 h “In αρ- pear- ance,” i Cf. on xxi. Σἰάσπιδι Kal * capdiw * ς 11. 1 Ezek. i. 28, ἄπ. Aey. Ν.Τ., cf. x. r,where senting the sun. With a sublime re- straint, the author leaves the royal pre- sence undefined, though he is more defi- nite and explicit on the whole than (say) Ezekiel. The latter’s advance …
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4. Καὶ κυκλόθεν τοῦ θρόνου] "θρόνους εἴκοσι ᾿τέσσαρας: καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς θρόνους εἴκοσι τέσσαρας πρεσβυτέρους καθηµένους, περιβεβλημένους ἐν ἱματίοις λευκοῖς * καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν Ὁ στεφάνους χρυσοῦς. Ρ Sap. ν. 19-16, 2 Macc. xiv. 4, cf. Jos. Ant., iii. 7, 7. 1@povor (PQ, etc., Areth., Bg., Al. Bs.) after θρονου …
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. and these great and never-failing 379 4 a 5. Kat %éx τοῦ θρόνου ἐκπορεύονται ἀσιραπαὶ καὶ φωναὶ καὶ α Ps. xvii. 14, Χχῖχ., αβρονταί * Jub. ii. 1. καὶ " ἑπτὰ "λαμπάδες πυρὸς καιόµεναι ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου σος é εἰσιν] τὰ ἑπτὰ πνεύματα τοῦ θεοῦ]. Tie 6. καὶ” ἐνώπιον τοῦ θρόνου ὡς "θάλασσα ! ὑαλίνη, ὁμοία κρυσ- αμ…
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ly καὶ τὸ ζῶῷῶον τὸ 4δο ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ uErom "γέμοντα ὀφθαλμῶν ἔμπροσθεν καὶ ὄπισθεν. 7. zek.i.10, on x. 12. πρῶτον ὅμοιον λέοντι, καὶ τὸ δεύτερον ζῶον ὅμοιον ” µόσχῳ, καὶ τὸ ν Num. xxiii. 22, Τρίτον ζῶον ἔχων τὸ πρόσωπον ὡς ἀνθρώπου, καὶ τὸ τέταρτον Loov xxiv.8 ο ον w “apiece” ὅμοιον ἀετῷ πετοµένῳ. (dist…
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j—il. 381 A nw 0. καὶ ὅταν ” δώσουσι 1 τὰ Lda δόξαν καὶ "τιμὴν καὶ ’ εὐχαριστίαν z C/. Mouit: 1. 105, ~ / ‘ ~ , ~~ a fal ~ ese τῷ καθηµένω ἐπὶ τῷ θρόνῳ, τῷ "ζῶντι eis τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων» α Ps. xxviii, του ὁ a ~ na ~ a µένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου, καὶ προσκυνήσουσιν τῷ ζῶντι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας ~ ‘ lol ~ ~ τῶν αἰώνω…
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Ver. 10. To cast a crown before the throne was a token that the wearer dis- claimed independence ; an Oriental (Par- thian) token of respect for royalty (reff.). Cf. Spenser’s Hymne of Heavenly Beautie (141-154) and the pretty fancy in Slav. En. xiv. 2 where the sun’s crown is taken from him as he passes through…
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σφραγῖσιν ἑπτά. αὐτό. 383 2. Καὶ εἶδον ἄγγελον "ἰσχυρὸν κηρύσσοντα ἐν ε Defined ~ by o. mu. , aA a ’ Φωνῇ µεγάλῃ, “Tis ἄξιος ἀνοῖξαι τὸ βιβλίον, καὶ doar τὰς c/. Ps. a mes ή νι _ 2 clii. 20. oppayidas adtod;’’ 3. καὶ οὐδεὶς ἐδύνατο ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ οὐδὲ ἐπὶ ~ ~ 4A ~ ~ Lad τῆς γῆς οὐδὲ ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς ἀνοῖξαι τὸ β…
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Ver. 5. ἀνοῖξαι . . . σφραγίδας, cf. Dittenberger’s Sylloge Inscr. Graec. 790% (first century) τὰς σφ. ἀνοιξάτω. Christ’s success is due to his legitimate messianic authority as a Davidic scion (ῥίζα = shoot or sprout on main stem, cf. Sibyll. iii. 396); the Davidic descent of Jesus was a tenet of certain circle…
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6—8. , ” κ , µένον, ἔχων “κέρατα ἑπτὰ καὶ | ὀφθαλμοὺς | ἑπτά, οἵ εἶσι τὰ ™ ἑπτὰ k After πνεύματα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀπεσταλμένοι εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν γῆν. καὶ " εἴληφεν ἐκ τῆς δεξιᾶς τοῦ καθηµένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου. ὅτε ἔλαβε τὸ βιβλίον, τὰ τέσσερα ἵῷα καὶ οἱ εἴκοσι τέσσαρες πρεσ- βύτεροι ἔπεσαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ ἀρνίου, " ἔχοντες ἕκαστος…
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356 q Ps. οκ. 2. r =a, by false at- traction. 8 Isa. xlii. 10, Ps. XXXiii. 3, cxliv. 9, etc. t So xiv. 3, cf. Judith XVi. I (A), 13 (15), Ps. Sol. iii. 2, etc., and Eus. αὐτοῦ * u Cf. Isa. lili. 7. v See on 1 Cor. vi. 20, and below xiv. 3-4. cf. 4 Esd. iii. 7. 1 Kings xxii. 19, cf. 1 Pet. iii. 22…
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Ver. ττ. This outer circle of myriads (the following χιλιάδες is an anti-climax) of angelic retainers—a favourite trait in the later Jewish pageants of heaven—does not address praise directly to the Lamb. Sus. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 387 pupiddes µυριάδων καὶ χιλιάδες χιλιάδων, 12. "λέγοντες φωνῇ b From _ µεγάλη, ah…
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388 ‘kal ot πρεσβύ- ἔλεγον, "''᾽Αμήν sie το]. 14. Καὶ τὰ τέσσερα Loa 1 Detached τεροι ἔπεσαν καὶ προσεκύνησαν. Amen’ :γίδων, καὶ Apol. i. 65, 67. a See v. 5, etc. VI. 1. ΚΑΙ εἶδον ὅτε ἤνοιξεν τὸ ἀρνίον * play " ἐκ τῶν ἑπτὰ σφρα- b> EEA > a ~ ς . F ἤκουσα ἑνὸς ἐκ τῶν τεσσάρων ἴῷων λέγοντος ὡς φωνὴ b See v. 11…
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—5- βροντὴς, ° “"Epxou”’. ‘ . “| 5 2. Kat εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἵππος “λευκός, καὶ © *¥! 389 Vel es i κ ‘ A \ ed 6 καθήµενος ἐπ᾽ αὐτὸν ἔχων "τόξον ' καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ στέφανος, καὶ να ἐξῆλθε νικῶν καὶ ἵνα νικήση. g Cf. on iii. 9. Wiss. (1907), 290-316. But the proofs are fanciful and vague, though they converge upo…
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3. Καὶ ὅτε ἤνοιξε τὴν σφραγ- 4 Sa τὴν δευτέραν, ἤκουσα τοῦ δευτέρου ζῴου λέγοντος, '΄ Ερχου”.. 4. Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν ἄλλος ἵππος πυρρός * ἐδόθη αὐτῷ λαβεῖν τὴν εἰρήνην ἐκ τῆς γῆς καὶ 5ἵνα Ἡ ἀλλήλους ε Εσφάξουσιν ' καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ µάχαιρα µεγάλη. 40. Sib. Or. iii. 176, Verg. be EMER an ca Aen. iti- καὶ τῷ καθηµένω ἐπ᾽…
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πι ” ~ ~ αὐτὸν ἔχων "ζυγὸν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ. τετάρτου ζώου λέγοντος, '' Ἔρχου '. m Gen. price (Sc. πωλεῖται): cf. Matt. xx. 2. Vi. » ‘ a , ~ ἤνοιξε τὴν σφραγῖδα τὴν τρίτην, ἤκουσα τοῦ τρίτου ζώου λέγοντος, A ° 5 Καὶ εἶδον, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἵππος µέλας, καὶ 6 καθήµενος ἐπ᾽ 6. καὶ ἤκουσα ὡς φωνὴν > / A , ΄ ἐν µέσω τῶ…
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Vv. 7, 8. The fourth seal opened. pestilence and mortality. Ver. 8. χλωρός, pale or livid as a corpse.—émavw αὐτοῦ, for the ordinary ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν, a grammatical variation which has no special significance. In this Dureresque vignette the spectre of Hades, bracketed here as elsewhere with Death, accompanies the lat…
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to the level of the Christian church, and also those Jews who had been martyred for refusing to worship the emperor (cf. vii. 9, xvil. 6, and Jos. B. F. vii. το, 1). But the primary thought of the Christian prophet is for Rome’s latest victims in the Neronic persecution and the recent enforcement of the cultus u…
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ε Αα 5 A , 9/5 ol a ”” Ν 2S > “~ ημῶν ἐκ TOV κατοικούντων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς; II. καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτοῖς a> / 3 A 9 > , 5 ἐρρέθη αυτοις ινα αναπαυσωνται ETL x 2 Kings ix. 7, 2 Chron. xxiv. 22, cf. Hab. i. a As ix. 4 for ἐρρήθη Attic. in antagonism to the evil and contradic tions of the world (Titius, 9-11). Ver. 11. The whi…
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καὶ ὁ οὐρανὸς ἀπεχωρίσθη ὡς 395 ~ A καὶ ol σύνδουλοι badT@y καὶ oLb Note repet. of poss. gen. 1X. 21. 12. ethnic use (= fellows of same religious commun- ity) cf. 6. Β.Ε.α. 96 f. d On Aeolic € Vili. 5, xi. 13, Xvi. 18, Matt. xxiv. 7, 4 Esd. vi. 14, Ap. Bar. Ixx. 8, Joel ii. 3, 10, 30-31. Matt. xxiv. …
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ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ γι. 394 - : - - a , i Jer. iv. 24, βιβλίον ἑλισσόμενον, ‘kat πᾶν ὄρος καὶ νῆσος] ἐκ τῶν τόπων Ezek. see 2 A > , = ‘ ς al a“ ~ ‘ ε k XXXviiil. αὐτῶν ἐκινήθησαν 15. και οι βασι εις της γῆς καὶ οἱ ΄ µεγισ- 20, Nah. - ‘ C405 | , ‘ ς m , SN ς Ἡἃ ‘ ‘ - i.5, cf. TGves καὶ οἱ Χιλίαρχοι καὶ οἱ '' πλού…
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15—I7. ΑΠΟΕΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 395 “ Técete ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς καὶ κρύψατε ἡμᾶς p (Luke ή 3 BC 4 A ; XXlil. 30), ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ καθηµένου ἐπὶ τοῦ θρόνου, tii 14, ο ea a > A ae) , Nah. i. 6, καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ὀργῆς τοῦ ἀρνίου, ο... eo e ie , ς , a 3 a aA Ze Bi i. 17. Pore ἦλθεν ἡ ἡμέρα ἡ µεγάλη τῆς ὀργῆς adtod,} Eee ate, q Win. §…
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396 a Inanet? (like Tiamat, En. xviii. . μ S.c.411f.). TS γῆς, b Jer. xlix. 36, Ezek. XXXVii. ϱ, Dan. vii. 2. Porter, Wellhausen, and Hoennicke: das Fudenchristentum, 194 f.). Only, the general description of redeemed Chris- tians in v. 9 is specifically applied in vii. 14 to the candidatus martyrum exerci…
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τέσσαρας γωνίας τῆς γῆς, "κρατοῦντας "τοὺς τέσσαρας vh. ΥΠ. 1. Meta τοῦτο εἶδον τέσσαρας ἀγγέλους ἑστῶτας ἐπὶ τὰς » ἀνέμους ἵνα μὴ πνέῃ ἄνεμος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, µήτε ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης, hurricane is to sweep the earth previous to the resurrection of the dead (trees being here singled out as most exposed to a storm’s r…
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Spyte ἐπὶ wav! δένδρον. 2. Καὶ εἶδον ἄλλον ἄγγελον ἀναβαίνοντα « Cf. Jos. ell. ἀπὸ ἆ ἀνατολῆς ἡλίου, ἔχοντα σφραγίδα Θεοῦ °Lavtos* καὶ ἔκραξε ii. 7,8 ig A 2 i and below Φωνῇ µεγάλη τοῖς τέσσαρσιν ἀγγέλοις ois ἐδόθη ξ αὐτοῖς ἀθικῆσαι : = rag ο E ο . Xvi. 14 τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, λέγων, 3. “Mh ἕ ἀδικήσητε τὴν γ…
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Ver. 4. After a pause, in which the sealing is supposed to have taken place, the writer hears that the number of the sealed is the stereotyped 144,000, twelve thousand from each of the twelve tribes of Israel (a ‘‘ thousand ” being the primi- tive subdivision of a clan or tribe, like the English shire into ‘“‘hu…
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Ver. το. “Salvation” (or, if ἡ be pressed, the salvation we enjoy) be as- cribed ‘‘ to our God and to the Lamb ”. The subordinate nature of the seven Spirits (i. 4, iv. 5) is shown by the fact that no praise is offered to them through- out the Apocalypse, although in Iranian theology (Bund. xxx. 23): ‘‘ all men …
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400 d Reward andielony et Sk, (e.g. Jer. TOU Gpvtou. XXXi. g- 12); Lev- 15. itic privi- lege (Deut. x. 8, etc., of. Ps. Sol. ii. 40). Ε ΧΙ. το, XXli. 3 (wor- ship). f Divine favour and proe tection, 16. 17. Ps. Sol, vii. 1, 5; cf. xxi. 3, John i. 14, also Lev. xxvi. 11, Isa. iv. 5, Ezek. xxxvii. 2…
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15-17. ΥΠΙ. 1-2. ΑΠΟΚΑΛΥΨΙΣ ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ 401 καὶ ᾿ ἐξαλείψει 6 Θεὸς πᾶν '' δάκρυον ἐκ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν | Isa. xxv. 8. Aaa m Form (cf. αυτων. ; XXi. 4) cf ε) ” 9 - ‘ c , hey, nom. VIII. 1. ΚΑΙ ὅταν "ἤνοιξε τὴν oppayida τὴν ἑβδόμην, ἐγένετο peculiar bd AS A > mu ie ς , 9 9 N ec eae , to Apoc. σιγὴ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ὡς ἡμιώρον. …
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when Manasseh prayed, all the angels who. superintend the entrance of prayers went and closed every approach, to prevent his petition reaching heaven ; in Chag. 13 6 the prayers of the righteous are offered by Sandalphon (cf. Longfellow’s Sandalphon, and contrast Heb. vii. 25), ~ 402 di Thess. iv. 16, I Cor.…
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Ver. 4. As an agent of God, the angel is commissioned to ratify with Divine approval the petitions of the saints for the end; this involves retribution on the impenitent and hostile world. The pro- phet is sure such aspirations are in har- mony with God’s will. Ver. 5. The censer, having offered incense to heav…
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Ver. 6 f. The fresh series of disasters does not advance matters any further than the previous seal-series. Both lead up to the final catastrophe, and upon the edge of it melt into a further develop- ment which practically goes over the same ground once more. This reflects of course literary artifice, not any su…
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Witke ‘ ~ 7. Kat 6 πρῶτος ἐσάλπισεν, καὶ. N.T. See ἐγένετο *ydhala καὶ Ἱπῦὂρ µεμιγµένα ἐν " αἵματι, καὶ ἐβλήθη εἰς Ovid's Met. xv. τὴν γῆν ' καὶ τὸ τρίτον τῆς γῆς κατεκάη, καὶ τὸ "τρίτον τῶν ' δέν- 788, Exod. ix. 24, Isa. Όρων κατεκάη, καὶ Tas χόρτος χλωρὸς κατεκάη. XXVili. 2, Ps. xviii. 8. Καὶ ὁ δεύτερος ἄγ…
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1Ο. Kat 6 τρίτος ἄγγελος *kat ἔπεσεν éxz Cf. Sib. ἐσάλπισεν, ο) ᾿ Γ.ν. 158: τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἀστὴρ µέγας καιόµενος ds λαμπάς, καὶ ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ« μας cf. Ss. 90ἱ, , Αα lal ~ τρίτον τῶν ποταμῶν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς " πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων. ” A ο ὄνομα τοῦ ἀστέρος λέγεται ὁ "Αψινθος᾽ καὶ "ἐγένετο τὸ τρίτον τῶν ς ~ a ὑδάτων Seis ἄ…
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Ver. 12. ‘‘Soasto darken a third part of them, and (i.e.) to prevent a third of the day from shining (φάνῃ, or φανῇῃ, Win.) and of the night likewise”. Daylight is shortened by a third, and the brightness of an Eastern night correspondingly ’ lessened (cf. the Egyptian plague of darkness). The writer either forg…
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Ver. 2. For the following description of this destructive horde of weird locusts, see Joel ii. with Driver’s notes and ex- cursus (C. B.) to which add the famous description of a locust-plague in New- man’s Callista (ch. xv.). Naturally the sketch is far more idealised than that given by Joel; it often recalls t…
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ο ee form, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν ὡς στέφανοι ὅμοιοι χρυσῶ, ε[. χ.ο, Xi. Ay 2 12. Ab- καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν Os πρόσωπα ἀνθρώπων ' bott (go) . ~ compares 8. καὶ °elxay τρίχας ὡς τρίχας γυναικῶν * the femi- Sc poge Bray Me hee 3 # nine garb καὶ οἱ 5 ὀδόντες αὐτῶν ὡς λεόντων ἦσαν of the ee , ε ϐ , ὃ ο fanatics Ο…
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6—17. 409 Δ a . σµένοι εἰς τὴν ὥραν καὶ ἡμέραν καὶ µῆνα καὶ ἐνιαυτόν, «ἵνα f Constr. i. Β , OW he , a , ἀποκτείνωσι τὸ "τρίτον τῶν ἀνθρώπων. στρατευμάτων τοῦ ‘immKod δισµυριάδες pupiddwv: ἤκουσα τὸν ἀριθμὸν αὐτῶν. A - καὶ τοὺς καθηµένους ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν, ἔχοντας θώρακας ᾿"ῥακινθίνους καὶ ᾿θειώδεις᾽ καὶ αἱ κεφαλαὶ τ…
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Ver. 16. The second woe is an irrup- tion of fiendish cavalry. Ver. 17. Here only the writer refers to his “vision”. éyovras (horse and rider regarded as one figure: in the Per- sian heavy cavalry horses as well as men were clad in bright plate) κ.τ.λ., ‘they wore coats of mail, the colour of fire and jacinth a…
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Satp., either the gods of paganism (LXX) or the evil spirits of contemporary superstition. In Enoch xix. 1, the spirits of the fallen angels “‘assuming many forms defile men and shall lead them astray to offer sacrifices to demons as to gods”; cf. xlvi. 7 (of the kings and rulers) ‘‘ their power rests on their r…
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411 3 , > A x , ee 3 3 a ¥; ~ αν Ss OU µετενόησαν EK τῶν * φόνων αὐτῶν οὔτε ἐκ τῶν Φαρμακειῶν αὐτῶν Υ Ο/. xvii. 1 οὔτε ἐκ τῆς πορνείας αὐτῶν οὔτε ἐκ τῶν * κλεμμάτων αὐτῶν. Χ. 1. ΚΑΙ εἶδον ἄλλον ἄγγελον ἰσχυρὸν καταβαίνοντα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, "περιβεβλημένον "νεφέλην, καὶ ἡ Ptpus ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ "πρόσωπο…
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Ver. 2. ‘And in his (left? cf. ver. 5) hand a small booklet open” (in contrast to the larger closed book of v. 1), after Ezek. Π. 9. This colossal figure, like an Arabian jin, bestrides earth and sea. His message is for the broad world. Ver. 3. ὥσπερ λέων (of God in O.T., reff.; of the messiah 4 Esd. xi. 37, xii…
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